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[[File:N. D. Khandalavala.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Judge Khān Bahādur N. D. Khandalavala]]
'''Khān Bahādur Navroji Dorabji Khandalavala''' was a [[Zoroastrianism|Parsi]] Judge and highly respected Indian theosophist. He was also referred to in [[The Theosophist (periodical)|''The Theosophist'']] as "Khan Saheb Navroji Dorabji Khandalavala," with Saheb (Sahib) being an honorific form of address, as is Bahadur.<ref>The "Khan Saheb" name is mentioned in the Supplements to ''The Theosophist'' in February, 1882, p. 2; March, 1882, p. 8; and August, 1883, p. 4. Thanks to Anton Diachenko for this research.</ref>

== Theosophical Society membership ==

Khandalavala's application for membership in the [[Theosophical Society]] was accepted on November 25, 1879, and he was officially admitted on January 4, 1880, at a special meeting in Bombay.<ref>Theosophical Society General Membership Register, 1875-1942 at [http://tsmembers.org/ http://tsmembers.org/]. See book 1, entry 326 (website file: 1A/15).</ref> He became President of the Poona Theosophical Society, and was a valuable supporter of [[Founders#The Founders|the Founders]]. 

According to [[Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)|''Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'']]:<br>
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Khandalawala, N. D., a provincial judge, member of the [[Theosophical Society|TS]] from its early days in India. A loyal supporter of [[Henry Steel Olcott|HSO]] and [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|HPB]] in the [[Coulomb affair]] which developed in 1884. [[The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)|ML]], p. 187.<ref>George E. Linton and Virginia Hanson, eds., ''Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'' (Adyar, Chennai, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1972), 236.</ref>
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At the fifteenth annual convention of the Society, the judge was named as a trustee of the Society's property.<ref>"The Trust Deed Committee", [http://iapsop.com/ssoc/1890__anonymous___general_report_of_15th_convention_of_theosophical_society.pdf ''General Report of the Fifteenth Convention of the Theosophical Society'']. Page 59.</ref>

== Correspondence with H. P. Blavatsky ==

Madame Blavatsky conducted a correspondence with him, through which she disclosed important information about the [[Mahatma|Mahatmas]] and other matters.

In a letter of July 1888, she confirmed that the [[Hillarion|Master Hillarion]] aided [[Mabel Collins]] in the writing of [[Light on the Path (book)|''Light on the Path'']]:

<blockquote>...she saw before her, time after time, the astral figure of a dark man (a Greek who belongs to the Brotherhood of our Masters), who urged her to write under his diction. It was Hillarion, whom Olcott knows well. The results were Light on the Path and others.<ref>Michael Gomes, ''Theosophical History'', vol. 3, no. 7-8, July-October 1991, 194</ref></blockquote>

Countess Wachtmeister met [[Mahatma|Master]] [[Morya]] in Europe before she ever knew of the Theosophical Society. H. P. B. disclosed that fact in a letter to Mr. Khandalavala, dated July 12, 1888:
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Constance Wachtmeister joined the T.S. because she recognised in the portrait of my ''Master her living Master'' who saved her on several occasions, whom she saw in his physical body years ago when he was in England, whom she saw in his [[astral body]] a number of times, and who wrote to her from the first in the same handwriting he  uses for our Society. When she assured herself of this, she joined the T.S. at his advice; and now for three years and more she lives with and takes care of me."<ref>Mary K. Neff, ''The "Brothers" of Madame Blavatsky'' (Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1932), 82.</ref>
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In another letter, Mme. Blavatsky told him that a letter from [[Sriman Swamy]] to [[Lucifer (periodical)|''Lucifer'']] contained two "fibs": (a) "Damodar never was at Lhassa nor Sriman Swamy either, and not being permitted to say where he saw Damodar he gave a wrong name"; and (b) "My Master never told him what he says of me, but he heard it from a chela".<ref>Sriman Swamy, "News of Damodar" published online at http://www.blavatskyarchives.com/srimanswamy.htm</ref>

== Writings ==

Mr. Khandalavala authored more than 30 articles printed in [[The Theosophist (periodical)|''The Theosophist'']]. He was probably the "N.D.K." who wrote  [https://theosophy.wiki/w/images/5/5f/Occult_Fragments_and_Book_of_Khiu-Te.pdf "Occult Fragments and the Book of Khiu-Te"], commentary on [[Fragments of Occult Truth (article)|"Fragments of Occult Truth"]]

== Notes ==
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